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Annette De La Renta
museum pieces
Inside a Retrospective of Oscar de la Renta’s Most Sumptuous DesignsCurrently on view in San Francisco.
fashion legends
Remembering Oscar de la Renta’s Fashion LegacySarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Obama, and more look back.
today in astor-ia
Annette de la Renta Felt Very Comfortable Accepting Jewels From Brooke AstorEven though she herself testified that the aging doyenne was mentally infirm at the time she gave them.
gossipmonger
Governor Paterson Is Working His Tuchus Off in DenverCindy Adams reports that the lovable gov has been hauling butt around the Democratic National Convention. Plus, gossip about Chace Crawford (of course), Naomi Campbell, and Janice Dickinson.
intel
The Astor Dachshunds: Holding Out for a HeroThe dogs! Brooke’s dogs! Somehow the treatment of beloved Brooke Astor’s beloved dogs is now a barometer of the meanness of her son, Tony Marshall, recently indicted for “swindling” his mom out of millions. “He killed the dogs!” one of Brooke’s friends gasped in horror. Of course, Tony didn’t kill the dogs. But in the Dickensian tropes that envelope this scandal — he fed his own mother gruel, Tony’s son charged — Tony has become Fagin. Every meanness is credited. He w
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Oscar de la Renta was one of the most charming men our Perfume Society Co-Founder Jo Fairley ever interviewed: designer, raconteur, gentleman. He’s a great loss to fashion – and to fragrance. For more about the story of this couturier and to explore the world of his fragrances, click here – but meanwhile as a tribute, we thought we’d run Jo’s interview with Oscar, about the women in his life.
‘I have six older sisters, so I’ve been spoiled by women all my life. But the two women who’ve had the greatest influence on me were my wives, both very strong personalities. My present wife, Annette de la Renta, was on the Best Dressed List for years before we even met – even though she “hates” fashion. She is the shyest woman. Whenever I have my picture taken, she ducks out of the firing line!
Annette comes from a world in which you only appear in the papers three times: for your birth, your marriage and the day you die. As a designer, I have a high profile. But it wasn’t a case of opposites attracting; we have a lot in common: our home, our garden, a love of culture; she’s a great book-lover. What’s so wonderful about her is that she has fabulous taste and a wonderful eye and she likes things
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